What an odd tale. Years ago Opus X was the shit. At my shop there were actually raffles with the members to see who would be able to buy some of each quarterly shipment. Then, in 2008 (maybe 2007) we got our Christmas shipment. It was horrible –just flavorless and overheated, for a high price. […]
The annual Halloween Cigar is here. It’s got a bit of an odd shape as it’s one of the longer style of torpedo tips. throw in th fauz shaggy foot, and it;s a little odd. Of course it lights easy, and then it jumps off with a pretty ‘new’ tasting tangy bloom. The first impression […]
La Casita Criolla from TatuajeThis little guy has some oddball notes of pumpkin and cedar on first taste. It starts off slow, and seems to draw pretty well (after some assistance from the trusty drill bit). Over time it got some decent cedar notes that about halfway through turned a touch sour. Physically it […]
Here’s an odd review. When lighting it I had to check 3 times that it was indeed lit as I couldn’t really taste it. After about 1/2 an inch it really woke up into a much brighter woody taste than I had anticipated. So, it takes a minute to get on it’s feet… that’s not […]
This small batch from Illusione carries some of the signature notes from the EC:CJ and the familial Epernay line. It lights quick, and jumps into the expected Epernay style of cedar notes and quickly develops some strength. Suprisingly, it doesn’t go through any radical stages… athough it wants to –kind of like a Padron 1964. Oddly, it don’t miss […]